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Thursday, 19 July 2012

Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food

Public Services

5:00 pm

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 663: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, details of public service provision responsibilities of his Department outsourced to the private sector; and the cost of each service outsourced over the past 12 months. [36693/12]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department uses outsourcing to provide certain services when such proves to be more cost effective and Department staff are not available.

The information requested for the past twelve months is outlined in the attached table.

OUTSOURCING CONTRACTNATURE OF WORKEXPENDITURE For past 12 months€
South Western ServicesCalf Birth registration and Passport issue service5,115,793
South Western ServicesHandling, processing & verification of farm to farm movements and on farm death notifications989,873
AccentureSingle Payment System (SPS) Development and Maintenance1,426,845
Bizmap Ltd.eReps ApplicationDevelopment and Maintenance184,996
Creative ADWork on HTML File for Irish and English review and Outlook 2011/121,107

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